Briefs: Cabrera, Posey win MVPs

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November 15, 2012
: Updated: November 15, 2012 11:38pm

Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera won the American League's Most Valuable Player award on Thursday after becoming baseball's first Triple Crown winner in 45 years, and Giants catcher Buster Posey was voted the NL honor.

Cabrera received 22 of 28 first-place votes and 362 points from the AL panel of Baseball Writers' Association of America to easily beat out the Angels' Mike Trout, the AL Rookie of the Year who had six firsts and 281 points. Posey got 27 of 32 firsts and 422 points, outdistancing Ryan Braun of Milwaukee (285 points).

Selig reviewing Marlins-Jays trade

Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig said he is examining the pending trade that sends some of the Miami Marlins' best players to the Toronto Blue Jays for a package of prospects, just seven months after the Marlins moved into their new stadium, financed primarily with tax money.

In other news from the league's owners' meetings in Rosemont, Ill., new television deals with ESPN, Turner Sports and Fox worth about $12.4 billion from 2014-21 were approved, and expanded use of replay is still on the table.

Hamilton movie: Casey Affleck will write and direct a movie about free agent outfielder Josh Hamilton's life, deadline.com reported. The slugger's career was slowed by drug and alcohol addiction before he starred with Texas.

Hockey

Hope fading for deal to save season

With no talks scheduled and communication shutting down, the NHL appears to be getting close to canceling more games, putting the entire season in jeopardy amid a lockout.

“I hope not, but I'm more discouraged now than I have been at any point in the process,” NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said.

College Football

ACC, ESPN reach Orange Bowl deal

The Atlantic Coast Conference has agreed to a 12-year deal with ESPN for the rights to televise the Orange Bowl, with the league champion facing either Notre Dame or a team from the Big Ten or SEC. The deal begins with the 2014 season and runs through 2026, and is thought to be worth about $55 million per year.

Soccer

Solo marries ex-Seahawk

U.S. women's soccer team goalkeeper Hope Solo reportedly married former Seattle Seahawks tight end Jerramy Stevens this week, hours after Stevens was released from custody following a domestic violence arrest.

KING5-TV reports that Solo and Stevens were married Tuesday night near Snohomish during a small ceremony. A Kirkland Municipal Court judge released Stevens after a court appearance earlier Tuesday, saying there was no evidence connecting Stevens to any assault.

Solo was in the courtroom Tuesday afternoon, but left without talking to reporters.

King County records say the two, who have been in a relationship for two months, had argued over whether to live in Washington or Florida after the wedding.